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French investment company Wendel bought a €300m no-grow trade to an uncertain, but stabilising, corporate bond market on Monday.

TDF Infrastructure, the French broadcasting infrastructure operator, gave investors something to get their teeth into on Thursday, bringing a €600m bond to a recovering but uneasy corporate bond market.

Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell sold its $500m 10 year bond at a yield of 5.95% on Wednesday, having responded to investor requests to limit size and in doing so securing a tight price for the issuer.

A €600m ($673m) fundraising for a unit of China National Chemical Corp has gone into general syndication, following a senior phase where just two banks came on board. The lacklustre demand has caused the leads to increase the fees on offer to help drum up more interest.

A eurozone periphery sovereign drew a hefty book for an inflation linked benchmark on Wednesday, paving the way for other countries from the region to bring deals, according to SSA bankers.

A supranational issuer fell just short of full subscription with a four year dollar deal on Wednesday, as SSAs looked for favourable pricing opportunities with unconventional maturities and short dated floaters.

A pair of banks, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, have made senior hires to their medium term note teams.

Turkish mobile phone operator Turkcell has released price guidance for a 10 year dollar bond at 6.25% yield area, having waited a fortnight for the right opportunity to print its debut trade.

Four banks have launched a €600m ($673m) financing for China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) into general syndication, after bringing on board two lenders during the senior phase.

The renminbi became the fourth most used currency for payments in August, overtaking the yen with a share of 2.79% of global payments, beating the Japanese currency by a small margin of 0.03%, Swift said in an October 6 report.

French investment company Wendel bought a €300m no-grow trade to an uncertain, but increasingly stable corporate bond market on Monday.

Dongfeng Motor Group is set to meet investors ahead of what will be its first offshore bond. The company has opted for a euro deal as it aims to use proceeds to pay back part of a bridge loan in that currency.